To view the recorded webinar and handouts, go to http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org/past/library-museum-partnerships-oh-the-places-youll-go/. Get ideas from the presenters and colleagues across the country on innovative ways for public libraries and museums to partner. This session was presented as part of the CSL in Session series from the Colorado State Library in August 2013.

1. Library-Museum Partnerships
Our facilitators:
Beth Crist
Youth & Family Services Consultant
Colorado State Library
Laura Douglas
Colorado Field Trips Project Coordinator
History Colorado Center

5. History Take Out
• History Colorado staff has 2
outreach programs that enhance
learning experiences through
hands-on engagement
• Classroom teachers use these
programs for field trips into their
classrooms
• Librarians use these programs to
enhance story time and summer
reading programs

6. History Take Out
statewide network of partners

7. Getting kids excited about history
(my favorite part of my job)

8. The giant map is always engaging

9. Hands on adds dimension to learning

10. WANTED!!!
History Colorado is always
looking for new History Take
Out partners across
Colorado!
Interested? Contact Laura at
laura.douglas@state.co.us.

11. Museum-Library
Collaborations and
Early Childhood
Education

12. Joint History Colorado Center (HCC) /
Denver Public Library (DPL) Story Time
• Story time content centered around
ECE themes in Destination Colorado
exhibit
• DPL staff trains HCC staff in story
time delivery techniques and early
literacy talking points
• HCC staff bring touchable artifacts to
DPL for a Saturday family Colorado
history-themed story time

13. The 5 X 5 Program
Provides year-round family access to 13 of Denver's top
cultural venues for nearly 3,000 Denver Head Start and Early
Head Start families, free of charge!

14. More Examples…
Colorado State Library, History Colorado
Center, and public libraries collaborated to
give free passes to 1,400 Summer Reading
Program completers

15. More Collaboration

16. Evaluations
It’s important to evaluate not only the program itself,
but also the partnership.

17. Want to Learn More?

18. On the web:
http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org

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